Great Reads & Great Movies

Great Reads & Great Movies

Once I started reading about the exploits of men and women in World War II, I found it difficult, if not impossible, to stop. I read a number of autobiographies and memoirs of the women I’ve written about: Alice Marble’s early memoir, The Road to Wimbledon, Undercover...
Going For Gold

Going For Gold

Watching so much of the Olympics in August was a wonderful way to celebrate the ways in which people find and groom their specialized and particular skills to the very height of competitive excellence. Seeing how hard world-class athletes work to maintain their...
The Torchbearer of Freedom

The Torchbearer of Freedom

I’ve been rereading some of the information on the incredible Mary Barraco and I continue to learn more about her remarkable penchant for giving back in her later years. While she fought with the resistance in Belgium during World War II, was imprisoned and tortured,...